Ice-cream mold and dipper.



A. 1-]. BENNETT. 7

ICE CREAM MOLD AND DIPPER. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 10. 1905.

No. 809,663. 1 PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

.f g v UNITED ST AT ES ARTHUR E. BENNETT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BEN- NETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A (JOB- PORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

ICE-CREAM MOLD AND DIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed February 10, 1905- Serial No. 244,999.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the count-y of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice Cream Molds and-Dippers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the molds and measures employed for dip ing a predetermined quantity of ice-cream rom a receptacle and depositing it in a molded condition upon a plate or saucer.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide the implement with simple lneans for removably attachim the usual rotary scraper to the mold, to faci itate the cleaning of the device, and enable the scrapers when bent to be readily restored to their proper working condition.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a large bearing-surface for the scrapers indle and to improve the construction of t e handle with a view of securel attaching it to the mold and also stiffening t e latter.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved di per. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, part y in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the scrapers and their spindle. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the thumb-nut. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the stop-screw of the nut.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A indicates the mold and dipper, which preferably has the customary conical sha e, although it may be of any other suita le form.

B indicates the handle, extendin from the mold, referably near its ar e end. The shank b o the handle extends engthwise along the outer side of the mold to its small end, Where it is provided with an eye or washer b, restin against the small flattened end of the mo (1 and arranged substantially parallel with the handle. This eye and the shank are soldered or otherwise fastened to the mold, and the handle, shank, and eye are preferably formed of a single piece of heavy wire doubled to form an open or loop like handle and a double shank, the end portions of the Wile being semicircular to form said eve.

laterally O indicates the rotary scrapers or blades, which bear against the inner side of the mold from its large to its small end. Two of such scrapers are shown in the drawings, and they are prefcrabl bent from a single strip of sheet metal raving the necessary stiffness. The horizontal connection 0 between the scrapers is attached to a bolt or spindle D, which passes through an opening in the same and also loosely through 0 enings formed in the closed apex of the 11101 and through the eye I), the spindle being removably held in place by a thumb-nut E, applied to its upper end and serving also as a knob for turning the scra ers to detach the ice-cream from the 11101 The screw-threaded opening of the thumb-nut preferably extends through the top thereof and receives a screw or adjustable sto ada ted to bear against the upper end of t he spin le D. By properly adjusting this stop-screw it revents clamping of the thumbnut against t e eye I) and consequent binding of the spindle and scrapers. Preferably the lower end of the stop-screw is split, as shown at g, and the abutting u per end of the spindle is pointed or wedge-s aped, so that upon tightening the screw its s it portion is expanded against the bore of t e thumb-nut by the spindle, securely locking the thumbnut to the spindle.

By constructing the handle B with the extended shank b it is securely fastened to themold and the latter is at the same time materiall stifiened, and by providing the shank with t e eye I) the latter reinforces the end of the mold and furnishes an increased bearingsurfacefor the spindle D, and the adjacent end of the shank is also more reliably secured to the small end of the mold.

U on loosening the stop-screw f the thumbnut F can be unscrewed from the spindle D, and the latter, with the scrapers carried b the same, can be removed from the 11101 thus permitting all parts of the device to be thoroughly cleaned when necessary. The ready removal of the scra ers permitted by this construction is also 0 great advantage in case the scrapers become bent and stand at a distance from the inner side of the mold. When this occurs, the scrapers after being detached from the mold are spread or bent outward slightly beyond the position they assume when in the mold, and upon being replaced they are s run toward each other by the tapering wal of t e mold, causing them to bear against the mold throughout their length.

I claim as my invention- 1. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or Vessel, a handle extending therefrom and having a shank secured to the side of the vessel and provided with an angu- Correct ion in Letters Patent No. 809,663.

lar eye or washer Wl'llCll extends across the closed end of the vessel, a scraper arranged in the vessel, and a spindle connected with the scraper and passing through said eye or washer, substantlally as set forth.

2. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a handle extending therefrom and having a double shank secured to the side of the vessel and provided with an angular eye which is arranged at the closed end 01' the vessel, said handle, shank and eye being formed of a continuous piece of wire, and a rotary scraper havin an operatingspindle passing through the c osed end of the vessel and said eye, substantially as set forth.

3. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a handle extendin therefrom and having a double shank secure to the side of the vessel and terminating in an eye arranged substantially parallel with the handle and secured to the closed end of [sEAn] the vessel, said handle, shank and eye being bent from a single piece of wire the end portions of which are curved to form the eye, and a rotary scraper havin an operating spindle passing through the c osed end of the vessel and said eye, substantially as set forth.

4. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a scraper arranged therein, a spindle connected with the scraper and passing through the closed end of the vessel, a thumb-nut applied to the projecting end of the spindle, and a stop-screw engaging the bore of the nut and bearing against the spindle, substantially as set forth.

5. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a scralpler arranged therein, a spindle,connected wit and assing through the closed end of the vesse the spindle having a tapered outer end, a thumb-nut applied to the protecting end of the spindle, and a locking-screw engaging the bore of the nut and having a split inner end ada ted to be expanded by the tapered end of t e spindle, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 1st day of February,

ARTHUR BENNETT. Witnesses:

THEO. L'. Porr, EMMA M. GRAHAM.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 809,663, granted January 9, 1906,

upon the application of Arthur E. Bennett, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Ice-Cream Mold and Dipper, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: On page 2, line 50, the word protecting should read projecting; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

I Signed and sealed this 23d day of January, A. 1)., 1906.

F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents,

the scraper I placed they are s run toward each other by the tapering wal of t e mold, causing them to bear against the mold throughout their length.

I claim as my invention- 1. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or Vessel, a handle extending therefrom and having a shank secured to the side of the vessel and provided with an angu- Correct ion in Letters Patent No. 809,663.

lar eye or washer Wl'llCll extends across the closed end of the vessel, a scraper arranged in the vessel, and a spindle connected with the scraper and passing through said eye or washer, substantlally as set forth.

2. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a handle extending therefrom and having a double shank secured to the side of the vessel and provided with an angular eye which is arranged at the closed end 01' the vessel, said handle, shank and eye being formed of a continuous piece of wire, and a rotary scraper havin an operatingspindle passing through the c osed end of the vessel and said eye, substantially as set forth.

3. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a handle extendin therefrom and having a double shank secure to the side of the vessel and terminating in an eye arranged substantially parallel with the handle and secured to the closed end of [sEAn] the vessel, said handle, shank and eye being bent from a single piece of wire the end portions of which are curved to form the eye, and a rotary scraper havin an operating spindle passing through the c osed end of the vessel and said eye, substantially as set forth.

4. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a scraper arranged therein, a spindle connected with the scraper and passing through the closed end of the vessel, a thumb-nut applied to the projecting end of the spindle, and a stop-screw engaging the bore of the nut and bearing against the spindle, substantially as set forth.

5. In an ice-cream dipper, the combination of a mold or vessel, a scralpler arranged therein, a spindle,connected wit and assing through the closed end of the vesse the spindle having a tapered outer end, a thumb-nut applied to the protecting end of the spindle, and a locking-screw engaging the bore of the nut and having a split inner end ada ted to be expanded by the tapered end of t e spindle, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 1st day of February,

ARTHUR BENNETT. Witnesses:

THEO. L'. Porr, EMMA M. GRAHAM.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 809,663, granted January 9, 1906,

upon the application of Arthur E. Bennett, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Ice-Cream Mold and Dipper, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: On page 2, line 50, the word protecting should read projecting; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

I Signed and sealed this 23d day of January, A. 1)., 1906.

F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents,

the scraper I Correction in Letters Patent No. 809.663.

1 therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 809,663, granted January 9, 1906, upon the application of Arthur E. Bennett, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Ice-Cream Mold and Dipper," an error appears in the printed specification should requiring correction, as follows: On page 2, line 50, the word protecting read projecting; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction Patent Ollie-e.

Signed and sealed this 23d day ofJ-anuary, A D, 1906.

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F. I. ALLEN.

Commissioner of Patents [SEAL] 

